Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): 2011/2012 Boys Summer Skill Center #8 (Start Time: 2023-08-21 17:30:00)

Ball Manipulation (15 mins)

Ball Manipulation

Set up a space (depends on the size of the group)

- Each player with a ball

- Grid spaced depending on numbers of players. Ensure the space forces players to play close enough to one another to ensure decision making while moving in the space.

- inside outside favorite foot/least favorite foot

- inside outside both feet

- sole outside both feet

- laces laces fake take

- laces laces circle take

- foundation

- toe taps

- sole laces

- inside outside roll

- ouside inside roll

- add in difference dribbling technique

- add in different turns

- add in different dragging

3 Teams 1 on 1 (15 mins)

3 Teams 1 on 1

Team is divided into 3 teams

Version 1

1 player at a time goes onto the field for each team. They play 1 vs 1 vs 1. When someone is scored on, that player is eliminated and the next player from that team comes onto the pitch. New player starts with the ball and play continues. When a whole team is eliminated, the last 2 teams play 1 vs 1 until only 1 team is left with any players.

Version 2

Each player on the color is given a number (try to make each colors best player #1, etc to make it fair. Coach calls out a number and those players play till there is a goal or the coach deems it has gone too long. Each team starts at 0. If you score, your team goes +1 and if your team is scored on your team goes -1. This way we will have some teams play together as it may be +3 to -1 to -2 and strategy comes into play. Mix it up by calling out 2 or 3 numbers at a time. (variation, if the goals are large, the remaining players not called out can be the goalie with no hands and arms interlocked. Can they work together to take some of the goal away? This added piece can be fun, especially with the younger ones)